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News Alleged IRA leader charged with tax evasion
Alleged IRA leader charged with tax evasion
Steve Czajkowski
November 8, 2007 05:08:00 pm

The man believed to be the commander of the Irish Republican Army was arrested Wednesday night and charged Thursday with nine counts of tax evasion, totaling $3.7 million. Thomas "Slab" Murphy is believed to be...

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News Yahoo! exec apologizes for giving Congress false information on China data handover
Yahoo! exec apologizes for giving Congress false information on China data handover
Steve Czajkowski
November 3, 2007 09:57:00 am

Yahoo! General Counsel Michael Callahan apologized to members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Friday for failing to clarify his testimony before the committee regarding Yahoo's involvement in providing information to the Chinese government about Shi...

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News Red Cross renews appeal for access to Myanmar detainees
Red Cross renews appeal for access to Myanmar detainees
Steve Czajkowski
November 1, 2007 05:56:00 pm

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday renewed its call for access to detainees still being held in Myanmar after the government's crackdown last month on opponents of the ruling military junta....

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News UN expert invited to investigate alleged US extrajudicial killings in Iraq, Afghanistan
UN expert invited to investigate alleged US extrajudicial killings in Iraq, Afghanistan
Steve Czajkowski
October 27, 2007 12:21:00 pm

UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Philip Alston said Friday he is planning an official visit to the US to investigate allegations of unlawful killings by US military and non-military actors in Iraq and...

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News US Army panel overturns 1944 rioting court-martial convictions of black soldiers
US Army panel overturns 1944 rioting court-martial convictions of black soldiers
Steve Czajkowski
October 27, 2007 10:16:00 am

The US Army Board for Correction of Military Records ruled Friday that a group of African-American soldiers court-martialed in 1944 for rioting and attacking Italian POWs held at at Seattle's Fort Lawton should have their convictions overturned....

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News Leahy, Durbin say Mukasey waterboarding answer key to vote on AG nomination
Leahy, Durbin say Mukasey waterboarding answer key to vote on AG nomination
Steve Czajkowski
October 25, 2007 07:26:00 pm

Two key Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that their votes on the nomination of retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general will depend on Mukasey's stance on whether the interrogation technique...

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News Iraq PM shielding officials from corruption probes: US congressman
Iraq PM shielding officials from corruption probes: US congressman
Steve Czajkowski
October 25, 2007 05:59:00 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered that his approval be obtained before any government minister or official from the president's office be charged with corruption, the chair of the US House Committee on Oversight...

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News Ex-Guantanamo military prosecutor claims he was pressured for closed trials
Ex-Guantanamo military prosecutor claims he was pressured for closed trials
Steve Czajkowski
October 20, 2007 10:57:00 am

The former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay , Col. Morris D. Davis , told the New York Times Friday that he was pressured to use classified evidence against defendants in closed war crimes trials...

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News Two US Marines facing court-martial for roles in Haditha killings
Two US Marines facing court-martial for roles in Haditha killings
Steve Czajkowski
October 20, 2007 09:54:00 am

Two US Marines were ordered Friday to face court-martial hearings for their actions in connection with the killings of 24 Iraqi citizens in Haditha in November 2005. Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani [JURIST news...

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News US military reviewing CSRT status hearings for Guantanamo Bay detainees
US military reviewing CSRT status hearings for Guantanamo Bay detainees
Steve Czajkowski
October 11, 2007 05:58:00 pm

The US military is reviewing its classification of hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, according to the Associated Press Thursday. The review could allow for new hearings for inmates who were classified...

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Convention on Cluster Munitions approved

On May 30, 2008, nations agreed to ban the use of cluster bombs by signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The US, Russia, and China each declined to sign the treaty. Learn more about the Convention on Cluster Munitions from the treaty's official website.

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